Continuity mistake: When Tony spots Wilkerson's car in the mall's garage, in the first closeup of the Jetta the trunk has neither the Jetta badge nor the VW emblem, but in following shots both the Jetta badge and VW emblem are attached to the trunk. (00:14:55 - 00:16:55)
Super Grover
18th Jan 2021
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
18th Jan 2021
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Visible crew/equipment: On the rooftop, after Caitlin leaps in front of Gibbs and takes the bullet in her vest, just as Gibbs and Tony help Caitlin stand up, in this shot the blue crash mat is visible on the ground. (00:41:45)
18th Jan 2021
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Forced Entry - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: While Caitlin and Tony are at the hospital in Jeremy Davison's room, when Michelle walks in there are two closeups of Jeremy handcuffed to the bed rail. In the first closeup the handcuff is around his wrist with the double bar facing up, but in the second closeup as Caitlin uncuffs him it's the opposite way, with the single bar facing up. (00:27:55)
18th Jan 2021
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Visible crew/equipment: When Agent Fornell follows Gibbs for a private chat (in the elevator) there's an overhead long shot of Caitlin, Tony, and Fornell's two agents. It then cuts to a shot facing Caitlin, and we can see the white mat taped to the floor with black tape (which was not in the previous shot), at the bottom of the screen. (00:22:50)
18th Jan 2021
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Continuity mistake: When Abby walks into the lab carrying the box with the Beretta Cougar she is barehanded, and two shots later she's wearing her latex gloves as she reaches for the bullet, but next shot she's barehanded again as she picks up the bullet to show Gibbs. Then, when Abby thanks Gibbs for getting her out of the sensitivity training, the latex gloves suddenly reappear, but they disappear in the next shot. (00:12:10)
18th Jan 2021
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Visible crew/equipment: While Ducky starts to tell Jimmy about an English earl, when Gibbs walks into Autopsy, the reflection of crew members are visible on the steel door's surface. (00:08:35)
18th Jan 2021
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Bikini Wax - S2-E18
Visible crew/equipment: When Gibbs joins Caitlin on the beach just as she finishes up her call, in the wide shots their two reddish T-marks (plastic type) are visible on the sand, where each of them stand. (00:06:20)
18th Jan 2021
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Visible crew/equipment: After Caitlin shrieks and tells Abby that Gibbs is driving, Abby replies that she's saying a prayer in many languages. It then cuts to a shot of the car Tony's driving, and the reflection of the camera comes into view on Tony's window as the filming vehicle pulls alongside. It's visible again in a following shot. (00:37:40)
18th Jan 2021
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Forced Entry - S2-E9
Visible crew/equipment: Right after the intro at the start, when Gibbs and Caitlin get out of the vehicle the reflection of the large reflector screen is visible on the door's window. (00:01:40)
18th Jan 2021
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Visible crew/equipment: After Gibbs explains to Agent Reyes that Commander Shields in on Terminal Leave, and she has a four day deadline to solve the case, when Gibbs walks away there's an overhead shot and multiple chalk T-marks are visible on the ground. (00:05:00)
18th Jan 2021
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Lt. Jane Doe - S2-E4
Visible crew/equipment: While Gibbs is interrogating Cluxton they are alone in the room, and when he shows her Harlan Wilson's death certificate, in the overhead shot as she begins to snap, the leg of a crew member is visible on the right side of the screen. (00:42:05)
18th Jan 2021
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Visible crew/equipment: When the "militia" guy fires the MP5 at the mannequin, after the last closeup of that mannequin it then cuts to a long shot facing the militia members, Gibbs, and Stone, and two crew members (one in shorts and the other wearing jeans) are visible at the top right side of the screen. (00:38:15)
18th Jan 2021
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Visible crew/equipment: When Tony open the van's back door to show Abe's "daughter" the weapons they are alone, with Gibbs taking their photos from across the road. There's a closeup of the case of LAWs, and in the next shot a crew member (looking at the actors) is visible at the left side of the screen, standing directly behind them (she's in this shot only). (00:16:10)
18th Jan 2021
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Visible crew/equipment: When Caitlin refers to Gibbs as a Gloomy Gus it then cuts to Tony with Abby, and in the following shot facing the glass doors, the reflection of the camera and its operator are visible as they move toward the left of the screen. (00:14:05)
18th Jan 2021
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
18th Jan 2021
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Visible crew/equipment: When Ziva is with Jason Edom in the interrogation room, Ziva sits down and asks him if he's afraid of germs. Then after Edom's closeup, the red T-mark is visible on the floor near the door in the wide shot. (00:31:55)
18th Jan 2021
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Visible crew/equipment: During the scenes in Lafferty's house, crew/camera movements are reflected on the large glass fish tank near the front door. (00:27:40 - 00:35:00)
18th Jan 2021
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Continuity mistake: When Gibbs asks Abby to estimate how much time Wilkerson has in the car trunk, just as Abby says, "Depends on the age of the car," this shot is flipped, note Abby's neck tattoo switches sides. (00:10:25)
18th Jan 2021
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Visible crew/equipment: When Gibbs tells Tony and Ziva to go to Wilkerson's home they pass Abby on their way to the elevator, and just as Ziva waves her hand at Abby, in this shot and a following shot a crew member is visible as he's ducking down by Tony's cubicle, under the monitor on the right side of the screen. (00:04:10)
18th Jan 2021
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Continuity mistake: While Gibbs and McGee are searching the dock area for Ziva and Tony they find the dead terrorist, and in all shots of the deceased his arms are raised, but in the one overhead long shot the arms are down by his sides. (00:23:25)
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